Bedstead brace and tightener.



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BEDSTEAD BRACE AND TIGHTENEB.

(Application filed Oct. 12, 1899. (No Model.)

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ELISIIA ATTAIVAY, OF

BEDSTEAD BRACE AND TIGHTENER.

FFICE a'rnr BUNKIE, LOUISIANA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 1\lo. 640,256, datedJanuary 2, 1900.

Application filed October 12, 1899.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELISHA ATTAWAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bunkie, in the parish of Avoyelles and State of Louisiana,have invented new and useful Improvements in Bedstead Braces andTighteners, of which the following is a specification.

Myinven tion relates to bedstead braces and tighteners and contemplatesthe peculiar and advantageous construction hereinafter described, andparticularly pointed out in the claim appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is i a longitudinal centralsection of a bedstead equipped with myimproved fastener. Fig. 2 is aplan view of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view, partly in elevationand partly in section, illustrating the adjustable connection betweenthe cable-loops. Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken in theplaneindicated by line a 4: of Fig. 3.. Fig. 5 is a detail perspectiveview illustrative of the manner in which one cable-loop is connected tothe shank of the bolt forming part of the adjustable connection. Fig. 6is a perspective view of the washer.

In the said drawings similar letters designate corresponding parts inall of the several views, referring to which- A is a bedstead, made upof the usual head and foot boards a b, corner-posts o, and side rails d,the latter being detachable from the corner-posts.

B O are hooks screwed into or otherwise connected to the posts 0 andrails cl, respectively, at the points shown and in a plane below theslats, with which the bedstead is ordinarily provided.

I) E are loops of wire or other cable, which are connected at their endsto the hooks B and are engaged and held by the hooks C after the mannershown, and F is the adjustable connection between the bights or adjacentportions of the loops. This connection comprises a bolt 6, having ahookf at one end to receive the bight of loop D and also having athreaded shank g, a nut h, mounted on the bolt, a washer 71, of suitableshape, loosely mounted on the bolt at the inner side of the nut 7t andprovided at opposite points with notches j, and a wire fastener is forloosely se Serial No. 733,424. (No model.)

curing the bight of the loop E on the shank of the bolt 6, at the innerside of the washer i.

In securing the inner portion of the loopE on the shank of the bolt thebight of said loop is bent at right angles to the shank of the bolt andshaped in conformity to the same, and the divergent portions of the sameare placed in the notches j of the washer 2'. The piece of wire formingthe fastener 7t is then passed over the shank of the bolt and loopedaround the loop E at opposite sides of the bolts, and its ends aretwisted, as shown, or otherwise fastened together.

In order to prevent the bight of the loop E from injuring the threads ofthe bolt incident to its movements lengthwise of the bolt, I provide thesaid bight with a covering Z, of cloth, rubber, or other suitablematerial, which is interposed between it and the bolt, as best shown inFig. 4. 7

In the practical operation of my improved brace and tightener when it isdesired to take up looseness of the bedstead and render the same stiffand rigid it is simply necessary for the operator to turn the nut h, soas to move it in the direction indicated by arrow in Fig. 2 on the bolt.When this is done, the Washer i and the bight of loop E will be movedbefore the nut and all slack of the loops E and F will be taken up. Onthe other hand, when it is desired to loosen the loops E and disconnectthe same from the bedstead, so as to pen mit of the same being takenapart, the operator has but to turn the nut, so as to move it in thedirection opposite to that indicated by arrow to the extent desired.

It will be appreciated from the foregoing that rnyimproved brace andtightener isreadily applicable to old as well as new bedsteads, andthrough its agency a bedstead may be quickly and easily rendered stiffand rigid. and kept so. It will also be appreciated that the device isextremely simple and inexpensive'in construction, and the cost entailedin applying it to a beadstead is immaterial.

I have entered into a specific description of the construction andrelative arrangement of the brace and tightener in order to impart afull, clear, and exact understanding of the same. I do not desire,however, to be understood as confining myself to such specific eonstruction and arrangement of parts, as such changes or modifications maybe made in practice as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is The combination witha bedstead having corner-posts and side rails; of a brace and tightenercomprising a cable-loop connected at its ends to one pair ofcorner-posts and at an intermediate point of its length to the siderails, a threaded bolt connected to the bight of the cable-loop, a nutmounted on said bolt, a washer loosely arranged on the bolt at the innerside of the nut and having notches in its edge at opposite points, asecond cableloop connected at its ends to the other pair of corner-postsand at intermediate points of its length to the side rails and havingits bight arranged at the inner side of the Washer and adjacent to thebolt and also having its divergent portions seated in the notches ofsaid ELISHA ATTAWAY.

Witnesses:

Ross E. BREAZEALE, J. D. AARON.

